Siddharth Anand calls Fighter’s comparison with Tom Cruise’s Top Gun ‘a social media chatter’
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Set in 2019, the movie revolves around the Pulwama terror attack and follows an elite group of Air Force officers, including Squadron Leader Shamsher Pathania (Hrithik), Squadron Leader Minal Rathore (Deepika), and Group Captain Rakesh Jai Singh (Anil), among others.
Filmmaker Siddharth Anand’s aerial drama Fighter has garnered a lot of praise from critics and audiences alike for its impressive aerial shots, VFX work, and grand scale on which the movie has been shot. Since the first trailer release, the audience has constantly compared the film with Tom Cruise’s blockbuster movie Top Gun. Even many netizens went on to call it an Indian copy of the Hollywood drama.
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Recently, director Anand reacted to his film being compared to Tom Cruise’s drama and said that it’s heartbreaking to see the audience comparing his film with Hollywood’s aerial drama.
In an interview with Galatta Plus, Siddharth said that seeing your work being called a cheap copy of a Hollywood movie or being compared with another project is ”annoying.”
